Brooke Magnanti, the research scientist/former sex worker behind Belle de Jour, is being sued for defamation by an ex-lover, who’s pursuing damages for defamation and breach of privacy, and wondering (quite vociferously) out loud to anyone who will listen, i.e. the Mail, if Magnanti ever really was a sex worker. »8/11/13 5:00pm 8/11/13 5:00pm

"She never asked if she could write about our life together and I feel humiliated. She hates me because she thinks I leaked her name, but I still love her and think about her every five minutes." [Daily Mail] »11/17/09 1:30pm 11/17/09 1:30pm

If you've ever surfed around on Craigslist erotic services (you know, just for fun), you've probably seen a bunch of different code names for things and a lot of acronyms, one of the most common being GFE, or "girlfriend experience." It's when a dude pays a hooker to assume the role of a "normal" woman having vanilla… »7/01/08 11:00am 7/01/08 11:00am

The thing that was most annoying about the first or second of Sex and the City — characters breaking the fourth wall and talking directly to the camera — is actually one of the only things that makes Showtime's Secret Diary of a Call Girl watchable for me. Maybe it's because the source material is a blog, and the most… »6/24/08 11:00am 6/24/08 11:00am

Last night was the U.S. premiere of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, the show based on the book based on the blog based on the life of a supposed high class call girl Belle de Jour. Because Belle has somehow always remained anonymous through this whole thing, there's been a lot of speculation as to whether or not she… »6/17/08 1:00pm 6/17/08 1:00pm